KUTUPALONG (BANGLADESH): A UN Security Council crew visiting Bangladesh promised on Sunday to work arduous to unravel a disaster involving masses of hundreds of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in neighboring Myanmar.
The diplomats, who visited the sprawling camps and border issues the place about 700,000 Rohingya have taken safe haven, mentioned their consult with was a chance to look the situation firsthand.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, mentioned he and his fellow crew individuals would now not look away from the disaster after their consult with, regardless that he warned that there are not any simple solutions.
"It's very necessary to come and see everything at place here in Bangladesh and Myanmar. But there is no magic solution, there is no magic stick to solve all these issues," he mentioned at a information conference at the Kutupalong refugee camp within the coastal the town of Cox's Bazar.
The diplomats will conclude their three-day consult with to Bangladesh on Monday, after they depart for Myanmar.
The contemporary spasm of violence in Myanmar started when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 safety outposts and other goals.
In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officers as "ethnic cleansing," Myanmar safety forces had been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya houses.
Thousands are believed to had been killed.
The diplomats, comprising representatives from the five everlasting Security Council individuals - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states, talked to a couple 120 refugees, together with rape sufferers.
Peru's ambassador to the UN, Gustavo Adolfo Meza Cuadra Velasqez, mentioned he and his fellow crew individuals had been able to "work hard" and had been "very concerned" concerning the disaster.
"I think we have witnessed the magnitude of the refugee crisis and very tragic situation of some of the families," he mentioned.
The refugees are looking for UN protection to return home. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh lately finalized a memorandum of understanding that mentioned the repatriation procedure should be "safe, voluntary and dignified ... in line with international standards."
Karen Pierce, the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United Nations, mentioned that the Security Council would proceed to work on enabling the refugees to return to Myanmar, however that the Rohingya should be allowed to return underneath protected conditions.
"The problem there lies in their expulsion, treatment and the fact that they had to flee to Bangladesh," she mentioned.
Rohingya are denied citizenship in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar, the place they've confronted persecution for decades. They're derided as "Bengalis," and many in Myanmar consider they're illegal migrants from Bangladesh. Most of them reside in poverty in Myanmar's Rakhine state, next to Bangladesh.
Thousands of refugees accumulated amid scorching warmth at the Kutupalong camp to welcome the visiting delegation. They carried placards, some of which learn "We want justice."
"We are not Bengali, we are Rohingya. They have killed my family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again," mentioned some of the refugees, 29-year-old Mohammed Tayab, status in entrance of a tent the place he was ready to fulfill the UN crew.
Tayab, who was the use of crutches, mentioned he was shot by Myanmar troops in his right leg.
He mentioned he lost a brother, an uncle and a nephew after Myanmar infantrymen shot them useless.
"I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them," he mentioned of the diplomats. "I will tell them my stories. They should listen to us."
The diplomats, who visited the sprawling camps and border issues the place about 700,000 Rohingya have taken safe haven, mentioned their consult with was a chance to look the situation firsthand.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, mentioned he and his fellow crew individuals would now not look away from the disaster after their consult with, regardless that he warned that there are not any simple solutions.
"It's very necessary to come and see everything at place here in Bangladesh and Myanmar. But there is no magic solution, there is no magic stick to solve all these issues," he mentioned at a information conference at the Kutupalong refugee camp within the coastal the town of Cox's Bazar.
The diplomats will conclude their three-day consult with to Bangladesh on Monday, after they depart for Myanmar.
The contemporary spasm of violence in Myanmar started when Rohingya insurgents staged a series of attacks on August 25 on about 30 safety outposts and other goals.
In a subsequent crackdown described by UN and US officers as "ethnic cleansing," Myanmar safety forces had been accused of rape, killing, torture and the burning of Rohingya houses.
Thousands are believed to had been killed.
The diplomats, comprising representatives from the five everlasting Security Council individuals - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States - and 10 non-permanent member states, talked to a couple 120 refugees, together with rape sufferers.
Peru's ambassador to the UN, Gustavo Adolfo Meza Cuadra Velasqez, mentioned he and his fellow crew individuals had been able to "work hard" and had been "very concerned" concerning the disaster.
"I think we have witnessed the magnitude of the refugee crisis and very tragic situation of some of the families," he mentioned.
The refugees are looking for UN protection to return home. The UN refugee agency and Bangladesh lately finalized a memorandum of understanding that mentioned the repatriation procedure should be "safe, voluntary and dignified ... in line with international standards."
Karen Pierce, the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United Nations, mentioned that the Security Council would proceed to work on enabling the refugees to return to Myanmar, however that the Rohingya should be allowed to return underneath protected conditions.
"The problem there lies in their expulsion, treatment and the fact that they had to flee to Bangladesh," she mentioned.
Rohingya are denied citizenship in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar, the place they've confronted persecution for decades. They're derided as "Bengalis," and many in Myanmar consider they're illegal migrants from Bangladesh. Most of them reside in poverty in Myanmar's Rakhine state, next to Bangladesh.
Thousands of refugees accumulated amid scorching warmth at the Kutupalong camp to welcome the visiting delegation. They carried placards, some of which learn "We want justice."
"We are not Bengali, we are Rohingya. They have killed my family members, they tortured us, they will kill us again," mentioned some of the refugees, 29-year-old Mohammed Tayab, status in entrance of a tent the place he was ready to fulfill the UN crew.
Tayab, who was the use of crutches, mentioned he was shot by Myanmar troops in his right leg.
He mentioned he lost a brother, an uncle and a nephew after Myanmar infantrymen shot them useless.
"I am here to talk to them, we want justice from them," he mentioned of the diplomats. "I will tell them my stories. They should listen to us."
UN team, in Bangladesh, vows to work to end Rohingya crisis
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